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Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CJW-718)
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Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues |
| Code |
CJW-718 |
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| Sessions and documents |
View documents of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues |
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| Legal Framework |
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Origin
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Rule XI-1 (b) of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
Host Government: China
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| Category |
Cat. 1 |
| Purpose |
- To establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in specific food items or in groups of food;
- to establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in certain animal feeding stuffs moving in international trade where this is justified for reasons of protection of human health;
- to prepare priority lists of pesticides for evaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR);
- to consider methods of sampling and analysis for the determination of pesticide residues in food and feed;
- to consider other matters in relation to the safety of food and feed containing pesticide residues; and,
- to establish maximum limits for environmental and industrial contaminants showing chemical or other similarity to pesticides, in specific food items or groups of food.
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| Membership |
Open to all Members of the Commission. |
| Chairperson |
Mr Qiao Xiongwu |
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| Languages |
English, French and Spanish |
| Document symbol |
CX/PR |
| Frequency of Sessions |
Normally one session per year |
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| Contact information/email |
[email protected] |
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| First Session |
January 1966 |
| Pattern of sessions |
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 |
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| Remarks |
Subsidiary Body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission |
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